Legal Opinion
Yellow Cab Co. v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 30, 1951No. 10225PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LINDLEY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the? District Court dismissing its suit for damages for alleged breach of contract by the-City of Chicago on the ground that the complaint did not state a cause of action. Briefly the essential averments of the complaint: were that a valid binding contract existed between plaintiff and the city by virtue of" three certain ordinances of May 16, 1934,. December 27, 1937, and June 21, 1945, duly accepted by plaintiff, providing that the-number of licensed taxicabs in Chicago should not exceed 3000 unless the License-Commission of the…
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